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- DictionaryEn·join/inˈjoin/
verb
- 1. instruct or urge (someone) to do something: "the code enjoined members to trade fairly"
Enjoin definition: to prescribe (a course of action) with authority or emphasis. See examples of ENJOIN used in a sentence.
Definition of enjoin verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. : to direct or order (someone) to do something — usually followed by to + verb. The court enjoined the debtors to pay. 2. : to prevent (someone) from doing something. He was enjoined by his conscience from telling a lie. especially : to give a legal order preventing (someone) from doing something.
1. If you enjoin someone to do something, you order them to do it. If you enjoin an action or attitude, you order people to do it or have it. [formal] [...] 2. If a judge enjoins someone from doing something, they order them not to do it. If a judge enjoins an action, they order people not to do it. [US, formal] [...] More.
enjoin. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Law en‧join /ɪnˈdʒɔɪn/ verb [ transitive] 1 formal to order or try to persuade someone to do something enjoin somebody to do something The organisation has been enjoined to end all restrictions. 2 law to legally prevent someone from doing something enjoin somebody ...
1. If you enjoin someone to do something, you order them to do it. If you enjoin an action or attitude, you order people to do it or have it. [formal] [...] 2. If a judge enjoins someone from doing something, they order them not to do it. If a judge enjoins an action, they order people not to do it. [US, formal] [...] More.
enjoin. to prescribe (a course of action) with authority or emphasis: The doctor enjoined a strict diet. to direct or order to do something: He was enjoined to live more frugally. Law to prohibit or restrain by an injunction. Latin injungere to fasten to, bring upon.
